JAY — Somewhere over the Vermont-New Hampshire border, LASA VIII drifted high into the stratosphere, well beyond the range of its half-watt radio tracker. The team chasing the weather balloon, HAM radio enthusiasts and members of Lanark Space Agency of Perth, Ontario, Canada, kept chugging along at ground level. The balloon, the group’s eighth, continued […]
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Jay inks contract with recyling company
JAY — Selectmen voted unanimously Monday night to approve a five-year agreement with ecomaine in Portland to handle the town’s recyclables. Ecomaine is a nonprofit waste management company owned and operated by 21 municipalities in Southern Maine. Under the contract, the town will pay up to $15 per ton of recyclables. Since May, the company […]
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Board to discuss properties with structures on town land
JAY — Selectmen set a special meeting for Monday to discuss properties on Oak and Stone streets that have sheds, a fence and a utility pole infringing on the town’s Stone Street Baseball Park land. The special meeting will begin at 6 p.m., Nov. 29, at the town office. Those structures are 2 to 6 […]
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Santa’s workshop, parade, tree lighting to be held Dec. 4
JAY – The Spirit of the Season Light Parade and Tree Lighting is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 4. Parade lineup begins at 4:30 p.m. at Memco’s parking lot on Main Street in Jay. The parade will kick off at 5:15 p.m. and travel down Main Street to Livermore Falls, ending at the Geneva Hodgkins Memorial […]
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Wreath goes up to mark the beginning of Advent season
JAY — Men worked from ladders to hang a 6-foot Advent wreath from the ceiling of St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church on Monday afternoon. Parishioner Amedee Maurais said he lost a few nights of sleep trying figure out how to get the wreath suspended from chains and hung above the floor of the church. […]
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Winter parking bans in effect in Jay, Livermore Falls
JAY — Winter parking bans are in effect in this town and Livermore Falls that prohibit vehicles from being parked on any street between midnight and 6 a.m. until April 15, 2011. The exception in Jay is physicians on emergency calls. A vehicle found in violation of the towns’ ordinances are subject to a $15 […]
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School consolidation plan goes to Augusta as is
LIVERMORE — A plan to merge Jay, Livermore and Livermore Falls schools into one system will be sent to the state on Wednesday. The Regional School Planning Committee made no changes to the plan Tuesday after a review of the process the committee and its subcommittees used to develop board apportionment and a cost-sharing formula. […]
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School consolidation committee to meet
LIVERMORE — The regional school consolidation planning committee will meet Tuesday to discuss the plan to merge Jay and RSU 36 school systems. The meeting will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Nov. 16 at the Livermore Elementary School cafeteria on Gibbs Mill Road in Livermore. Gibbs Mill is located off Route 4. […]
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Two hurt at Verso Paper
JAY — Two men were injured in a mishap at the Androscoggin Mill Friday afternoon, one of them severely enough that he had to be taken by helicopter to a Portland hospital. Details about the 5:30 p.m. mishap were still scant later in the night. Early reports were that the more seriously injured man had […]
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Presentation on identity theft slated
JAY — Identity theft will be the program topic at the Jay, Livermore, Livermore Falls Chamber of Commerce breakfast meeting on Friday, Nov. 5, at LaFleur’s Restaurant. The public is welcome to join the Chamber members for 7 to 9 a.m. meeting. To reserve a spot, call the Chamber office by Thursday morning at 897-6755. […]